The Present state of the empire of Morocco, with a faithful account of the manners, religion and government of that people, by M. de Saint-Olon,...

SAINT-OLON , François Pidou de (1646-1720)

London , by R. Bentley,1695.8vo, 12ff.-216pp.-6ff. , illustrated with 8 plates of moroccan costumes and one folding map , no binding and brocken back , browning excepted on plates miss the frontispiece , title torn ,ex-libris erase on title

First english edition (eo ,1694) of the embassy , led in 1693 ,to the Sultan of Morocco in the hopes of securing a treaty. the mission was unsuccessful and returned after only a month . P1-5E